Geometry (in Greek): "The marriage of geo (earth) and metria (measure)"

Mathematics and Architecture have always enjoyed a close association not only in the sense that the latter is informed by the former, but also in that both share a search for order and beauty, the former in nature and the latter in space.

From its origins in Mesopotamia, Egypt and the Indus Valley, geometry was a collection of empirical principles concerned with lengths, angles, areas, and volumes, which were conceived to meet practical needs, from surveying, construction, astronomy, crafting, and landscaping, to mapping the heavens.

It was the Roman architect Marcus Vitruvius who introduced the notion that builders should follow precise ratios. Having observed that all human beings are shaped according to a ratio that is astonishingly precise and uniform, Vitruvius recommended that any building should be modeled on our ideal forms.

At each stage of our intellectual development, scientists and philosophers identified the same ratio Vitruvius saw in the human body in every expression of nature, from cells, to the whirling planets. This divine ratio, or divine proportion, has been called the building block of all life.

In our time, Architecture and Geometry are constantly tested in many ways - by actual construction, fabrication techniques, material experimentation and computation / algorithms…

In light of this we ask: What is the state of Geometry in the 21st century as an Architectural Condition?

Regardless of its context, geometry suggests an idea of existence. Therefore, in the critical world of design, this term raises numerous questions that are critical to our investigation, some of which include:

The expression and generation of geometry: Through scientific, metaphoric or technology / software?
Materiality: Is there a bias towards the material over the virtual?
Aesthetics: Are traditional measures of aesthetics still relevant?
Digital means of representation: What will be the best way to represent new forms and relationships?
Temporal issues: What is the relationship between geometry and time?
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Art Directors, Editors: Jose Luis Alvarez Tinajero,  Aylin Tarlan
Creative Director: Aylin Tarlan
Photography: Gustavo Carrasco (node.)
Computer Graphics: Pedro Lechuga (node.)

Board of Advisors
- William McDonald (Graduate Chair, Pratt Institute, NY)
- Evan Douglis (Under Graduate Chair person, Pratt Institute, NY)
- Alicia Imperiale (Architect, Artist, Writer and Ph.D. candidate, Princeton University)
- Pamela Puchalski (AIA, NY Chapter)
- Robert Sawyer (Creative Director / Brand Strategist, NYC)
- Jorge Tames y Batta (Architect, Dean of UNAM, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico)
- Marcos Mazari Hiriart (Architect, Director of Continuing Education and Coordinator of Academic Exchange)
- Jorge Vazquez del Mercado (Architect, Dean of UAS, Universidad Anahuac Mexico Sur)
- Julio Gaeta (Architect, Editor in Chief, LARQA MX magazine)
- Mathew Becker (AIA Architect, New York)

Invited Lecturers
Jacob Van Rijs / MVRDV
Carme Pinos / Estudio Carme Pinos
Lise Anne Couture / Asymptote
Greg Lynn / Greg Lynn FORM
Kas Oosterhuis / ONL
Enric Ruiz-Geli / Cloud 9
William Massie / Massie Architecture
Mark Goulthorpe / dECOI
Emre Arolat / EAA
Peter Testa / Testa+Weiser
Mimi Hoang / nARCHITECTS
Tom Wiscombe / EMERGENT